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|series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|Short Trips short stories]]
name=Kalendorf|
|main character = [[Kalendorf]]
series=[[Short Trips (series)#In print|ST short stories]]|
|featuring=[[Susan Mendes]]
main character=[[Kalendorf]]|
|setting = [[Vega VI]]
featuring=[[Knights of Velyshaa]]|
|writer=Nicholas Briggs
year=[[Vega VI]], [[4162]]|
|anthology = Short Trips: Dalek Empire
writer=[[Nicholas Briggs]]|
|release date = 18 December 2006
publication=[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]|
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'''''Kalendorf''''' was the first short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]''. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]]. It featured [[Kalendorf]] and the [[Knights of Velyshaa]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Kalendorf]] has been sent to [[Vega VI]] for negotiations allowing the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] to participate in the impending [[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War|Dalek War]]. He's waiting for contact from [[Earth Alliance]] operative [[Alby Brook]] when the Daleks attack Vega VI. The city and spaceport are obliterated, but Kalendorf survives through a combination of skills, panic and luck. However, the scale of destruction and the number of refugees quickly drain Kalendorf's morale. Injured, he's ready to give up, but fellow refugee [[Susan Mendes]] refuses to let him go. Her actions snap him out of his despair and give him back that most crucial of elements: hope.
[[Kalendorf]] has been sent to [[Vega VI]] for negotiations for the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] to participate in the impending [[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War|Dalek War]]. He's waiting for contact from [[Earth Alliance]] operative [[Alby Brook]] when the Daleks attack Vega VI. The city and spaceport are obliterated, but Kalendorf survives through a combination of skill, panic and luck. However, the scale of destruction and the number of refugees quickly drain Kalendorf's morale. He's injured and ready to give up, but fellow refugee [[Susan Mendes]] refuses to let him go. Her actions snap him out of his despair and give him back that most crucial of elements: hope.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Susan Mendes]]
* [[Susan Mendes]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Knights of Velyshaa]] lost their conflict with Earth "seven generations ago." References to this conflict were also made in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''.
''to be added''
* [[Siryo]] was a famous singer on [[Vega VI]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* This story takes place just before and during the audio story ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
This story takes place in [[4162]], just before and during [[BFDE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''.
* The [[Knights of Velyshaa]] lost their conflict with Earth "seven generations ago" in the [[36th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'')
* Kalendorf is present for the Dalek invasion of [[Vega VI]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whotrip22.htm|Short Trips: Dalek Empire}}
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* {{whoniverse|ST22.php#story1|Kalendorf}}
* {{whoniverse|ST22.php#story1|Kalendorf}}
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[[Category:Short Trips: Dalek Empire short stories]]
[[Category:Dalek short stories]]
[[Category:Short stories set in Mutter's Spiral]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 42nd century]]
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[[Category:ST short stories]]
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Kalendorf was the first short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips: Dalek Empire. It was written by Nicholas Briggs. It featured Kalendorf and the Knights of Velyshaa.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kalendorf has been sent to Vega VI for negotiations for the Knights of Velyshaa to participate in the impending Dalek War. He's waiting for contact from Earth Alliance operative Alby Brook when the Daleks attack Vega VI. The city and spaceport are obliterated, but Kalendorf survives through a combination of skill, panic and luck. However, the scale of destruction and the number of refugees quickly drain Kalendorf's morale. He's injured and ready to give up, but fellow refugee Susan Mendes refuses to let him go. Her actions snap him out of his despair and give him back that most crucial of elements: hope.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]